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Sunday, January 27, 2002 |
A Bondage Fact...
This tidbit is so subtle that only true Bond fans know of it. There is a scene in "Moonraker" where Bond's gondola turns into a hovercraft. Watching this is a man who does a double take, looking at his alcoholic drink in disbelief. This man is Victor Tourjansky. (So who the hell is Victor Tourjansky?) He is not even an actor, yet he has been in three Bond films. He is the same man who does the double take when Bond's Lotus car comes out of the sea in "The Spy Who Loved Me". He also does a double take in "For Your Eyes Only" when Bond skis over the restaurant. I think these brief cameos are the best running gag in all of the Bond movies. Most people don't even know about this. [40 years of Bond ]
...I just love little things like this...mj
4:50:17 PM 
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This is funny...I love my country...but I am no fan of GW Bush...mj
12:02:59 PM
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Finder Learns a New Trick...
Ken Bereskin: "Without much notice, the Undo command in the Finder's Edit menu now works allowing you to undo most operations that the Finder performs." [Scripting News]
...it's been a long time coming...mj
11:46:37 AM
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Searching...Searching...123...
"chu mei-feng" is topping many search engines. Apparently she is someone prominent in Taiwan and was supposedly caught in a sex video that everyone wants to download in mpeg, mpg, or avi formats. Yes I am trawling for Daypop hits, and Lycos hits, and Google hits. [via Phil]
The funny part is, that there is a real story behind all of this that is kind of interesting:
Chu to face questions over VCD
The former politician at the center of a sex VCD scandal is to be questioned about her libel suit, but is still playing coy about whether the woman in the VCD was really her.
...nothing like a little sex and scandal to bring things out of the woodwork...mj
11:28:30 AM
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Stupid Is, As Stupid Does...
The family of Paul Waymant filed lawsuits for more than $1 million in October in Salt Lake City against the searchers who failed to find Waymant's 2-year-old son before he froze to death on a hunting trip in October 2000. Waymant had left the boy alone in his truck for a few minutes, which allowed the boy to get out and wander off, and he eventually froze to death. Waymant was convicted for leaving the boy unattended, but in July 2001, rather than serve his 30-day sentence, Waymant committed suicide. Now, Waymant's family believes this tragic chain of events was all the fault of inept county search-and-rescue teams and their dogs, who did not find the boy in time. [Deseret News, 11-21-01]
Lynn Rubin sued the school district in Union City, Calif., in November for $1.5 million because his son Jawaan was improperly assigned to his high school's junior varsity basketball team after failing a tryout for the varsity. Rubin said the family had already made logistical plans to accommodate the varsity practice schedule and that he, as Jawaan's father, was not consulted by the coach before Jawaan was sent back to the JV. [Washington Post, 12-12-01]
According to witnesses, Kevin Rodriguez, 11, choked to death in January 2000 in his Broward County, Fla., school cafeteria after a hey-watch-this exhibition in which he shoved a large part of a hot dog into his mouth. In December 2001, Rodriguez's family filed a lawsuit against the school board because cafeteria and other personnel were not able to save Kevin's life and because hot dogs are too dangerous to serve 11-year-old kids. [Miami Herald, 12-28-01]
...the less said, the better...mj
10:15:55 AM
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Credit is like Crack...don't be a credit whore!
I love Apple but some things just stink.
From Apple's web page on it's Easy Loan program:
"With no interest or payments for 180 days and an APR as low as 9.99%, now is the time to get the Apple products you need."
In the small print:
"*Financing available for U.S. residents on approved line of credit from MBNA America Bank, N.A....Actual repayment term may vary. MBNA will set your APR between 9.99% and 26.99%. The APR is not guaranteed and may change. In most cases, a change in the APR will restart your repayment term and change your minimum monthly payment."
[bold text is to highlight points]
Kind of cool...an offer that means nothing and a program that could really set you back. One thing that I tell my son is that Credit is a BAD thing. Nothing really good comes of it except that you get to live above your means until the bill comes due. Kind of a modern shell game. It's like crack and we are all credit whores...mj
12:20:22 AM
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